Introduction In the world of software development and API design, managing the flow of requests is crucial to maintaining system stability and preventing abuse. Enter rate limiting, a powerful technique that ensures fair usage of resources and protects servers from being overwhelmed. …

Introduction In distributed systems, achieving consistency for client-server connections amid dynamic data distribution is a persistent struggle. Enter Consistent Hashing, an approach that strikes a harmonious balance between load distribution, fault tolerance, and consistency. What is Consistent Hashing? The primary goal of consistent hashing is to distribute data or requests evenly across a changing set…

Introduction With the growing demands for real-time applications and data-intensive services, developers are faced with the challenge of balancing data availability and consistency. In this article, we will delve into a powerful architectural pattern known as Command Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS). CQRS provides an elegant solution for tackling this conundrum by…

Introduction Have you ever wanted to have a class gain the functionality of two or more classes you have defined? For example, say I have a great Mammal class and another great Swimming class both of which have implemented methods specific to these types of animals. I want to create a…

Introduction In a world inundated with data, there surfaces a need to detect duplication in said data. Enter the humble yet extraordinary Bloom filter, a compact and ingenious data structure that excels at answering one critical question: Does this element exist in a set? In the realm of data management, its…

Introduction In the realm of data structures, people are all too familiar with the popular ones: Hash Tables, Sets, Stacks and Queues that we learned intro programming get all the glory. However, there is one lesser known data structure that is quietly powering some of our most beloved technologies: the trie…

Introduction In this tutorial we will be going over how to use the Smithy language to create a simple Weather API, then we will write some code to take our smithy definition and turn it into our API definition which will be consistent OpenAPI’s specification. What is Smithy?

Introduction In the world of computing, the pursuit of speed and performance has always been a driving force. With the ever-increasing complexity of tasks in fields such as scientific computing, graphics rendering, artificial intelligence, and more, traditional central processing units (CPUs) alone may no longer suffice. …

Introduction In this article, we will be investigating the world of monads, which is a functional programming approach to simplify and clarify code. What is a Monad? The term “Monad” originates from philosophy, where it represented indivisible building blocks of reality, introduced by Leibniz. In functional programming, a Monad is a design pattern in functional…